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Tagged: organizations

Study identifies hidden benefits of brainstorming

The technique might fall short as an idea-generator but does promote teamwork

  • January 9, 2018
Despite being a ubiquitous method of idea generation in organizations worldwide, brainstorming has received its share of bashing over the decades in numerous research studies examining its effectiveness. Exploring why…

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In organizations, bullying begets whining, study finds

Intimidating behavior thwarts group cohesiveness, but ‘poor-pitiful-me’ routine also disrupts

  • June 7, 2017
DeKalb, Ill.—It has been said that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Now new research suggests that such a dynamic can play out in organizations, where bullying within…

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